John Rogers, the U.S. director for the American Institute for Sri Lankan Studies, will give a talk titled “Sri Lanka’s Ghosts of War” on Thursday, October 25, at 7:30 p.m. in the Batza Room of Goucher College’s Athenaeum. This event is free and open to the public. For more information, contact the Goucher College Box

Goucher College celebrates the 50th anniversary of Madeleine L’Engle’s classic A Wrinkle in Time by reading the book aloud from start to finish on Wednesday, October 17, from 12 to 7 p.m. in the Siebert Center of the library in the Athenaeum. The science fiction fantasy novel was first published in 1962. The story, revolving around

Goucher College will celebrate national Constitution Day on Tuesday, September 18, with a talk by Maryland Comptroller Peter V. R. Franchot titled “The Constitution, Our Founding, and Why Maryland Matters.” The presentation will be held at 12 p.m. in Buchner Hall of the college’s Alumnae/i House. Goucher students, faculty, staff, and alumnae/i can make reservations

Goucher College has a full schedule of nonpartisan, politically themed events planned this fall to help community members get informed and vote responsibly on Tuesday, November 6. Sunday, August 26 An Enemy of the People Goucher will present Kwame Kwei-Armah, the artistic director of Baltimore’s Center Stage and director of An Enemy of the People, in

Goucher fared well during the most recent college ranking season, particularly among classifications that measured such important factors as academic quality, environmental sustainability, and study abroad. Here is a brief compendium of Goucher’s inclusion in many of the most closely watched college ranking publications: ● Goucher once again has been included in the popular guide

Goucher College continues to demonstrate its support of environmental sustainability with this series of educational and co-curricular activities during the Fall 2012 semester: Sustainability Dinner Friday, August 24 Stimson Dining Hall, 5 p.m. The Goucher Environmental Sustainability Advisory Council (GESAC) is hosting a dinner that showcases local, sustainable food during Fall Orientation for first-year students.

The 420 members of Goucher’s entering first-year class, the largest since 2006, were chosen from 3,615 applications — the fourth-largest pool of applications in the college’s history. Members of the Class of 2016 are coming to Goucher from 378 high schools in 32 states, the District of Columbia, Puerto Rico, and 10 countries beyond the United

Goucher was named one of the nation’s top 21 colleges and universities for its environmentally related practices, policies, and academic offerings. The Princeton Review’s annual guide included “Green Ratings” of colleges and universities: a measure of how environmentally friendly the institutions are on a scale of 60 to 99. Goucher’s score of 99—the highest given—won it